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A wolf inside you: the rage of Kristien Hemmerechts

Wolf is Kristien Hemmerechts' first novel since her non-fiction book about breast cancer, and it is about rage. What it is like to be furious, the Belgian writer knows all about that. "When I had breast cancer, I experienced intense feelings of aggression."

Why is it that some people who have experienced a trauma or tragedy can give it a place, while others cannot? That question has occupied Belgian writer Kristien Hemmerechts (62) for years. In fact, ever since she wrote ...

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Wolf is Kristien Hemmerechts' first novel since her non-fiction book about breast cancer, and it is about rage. What it is like to be furious, the Belgian writer knows all about that. "When I had breast cancer, I experienced intense feelings of aggression."

Why is it that some people who have experienced a trauma or tragedy can give it a place, while others cannot? That question has occupied Belgian writer Kristien Hemmerechts (62) for years. In fact, ever since she wrote ...

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